SOLUTION: Please solve: x(x-2)=48

Question 3758: Please solve:
x(x-2)=48
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
expand the bracket and ten get everything on one side, so it all equals zero:

Now try factorising, since having 2 things that multiply together that equal zero is very useful to know, since one of those 2 things must itself be zero.

(x+6)(x-8) = 0
so, either x+6=0 OR x-8=0
so we get that either x=-6 or x=8

jon

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